The Florida Department of Education (DOE) is investigating the No Place for Hate curriculum by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for possible violations of the state’s Parental Rights in Education law. Broward parent Deirdre Ruth filed a complaint with the department after discovering the curriculum taught in Broward public schools on a school board meeting agenda. After…
Florida Investigating ADL Curriculum for Violations of Parental Rights Law
Florida Bar Association Announces 4 Attorneys Have Been Suspended
Four attorneys in Florida have been suspended and a fifth has been reprimanded by the state Supreme Court, the Florida Bar announced in January. According to its website, “the Florida Bar’s core functions are to prosecute unethical lawyers through the Attorney Discipline system” and to “administer a client protection fund to cover certain financial losses a client…
Florida Legislature Considers More Illegal Immigrant Flights
The Florida state Legislature is set to decide whether to spend $10 million flying illegal immigrants to other places in the United States. In September 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes carrying 49 mostly Venezuelan illegal immigrants apprehended at the Texas-Mexico border to the Martha’s Vineyard, an affluent Massachusetts resort island where former…
Florida Legislature Set To Dissolve Disney’s Special Self-Governing Status
February 6, 2023
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In a special legislative session this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will seek to dissolve Disney World’s special status, permanently ending “the corporate kingdom” and bringing it under state control. According to DeSantis’s office, the legislation will end Disney’s self-governing status and impose a state-controlled, term-limited board appointed by the governor to run what’s now…
Florida Teen Pleads Guilty to Fatally Stabbing Classmate
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.—A Florida teenager faces a possible life sentence after he pleaded guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate 114 times and leaving her body in a wooded area near their homes in 2021. The plea came as jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday morning in the first-degree murder trial of Aiden…
Endangered Sumatran Tiger Moves Into Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
By Dewayne Bevil From South Florida Sun Sentinel Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is now home to Bandar, a critically endangered Sumatran tiger. Theme park visitors can see the new resident in the Jungala area of the attraction. Bandar, a 9-year-old male, was transferred from Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. The move is…
LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (Feb. 6): Chinese Spy Balloon: Senate Briefing Scheduled; House Not Likely to Approve Global Tax Deal
Underwater searches are underway to recover the remains of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the weekend. A full-senate classified briefing has been scheduled for Feb. 15. The Republican-controlled House is fighting an international tax agreement. The deal would let other countries tax U.S.-based profits. The university of Florida might have more…
Florida Department of State Issues Mail-In Voting Report, Recommendations
February 6, 2023
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The Florida Department of State has recommended updating the state’s mail-in voting process through implementation of uniform application forms for mail-in ballots and verification of personally identifying information of people who request such ballots. The Florida Legislature enacted Senate Bill 524 in 2022, which required the state to look into how a voter could include personal…
Miami Black Leaders Apologize to Gov. DeSantis After Member Called Him Racist
The Miami-Dade Black Affairs Advisory Board apologized to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the weekend after one of its members described him a racist. Pierre Rutledge, the head of the Miami-Dade Black Affairs Advisory Board, issued a statement on behalf of the organization and apologized to the Republican governor after a member said last week that…
Former NFL Player Faces DUI Charge in Florida After Crash
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—A former NFL player was arrested on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge after troopers say his vehicle rear-ended a pick-up truck that was on the side of a South Florida highway because of a flat tire, injuring the truck’s driver who had been standing outside. Vontae Davis, 34, smelled of alcohol, had…
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